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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB1370
Introduced 2/18/2009, by Rep. Michael J. Madigan - Barbara Flynn Currie - Jim Watson SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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5 ILCS 140/5 |
from Ch. 116, par. 205 |
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Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning
lists of available records.
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A BILL FOR
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HB1370 |
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LRB096 04942 JAM 15008 b |
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| AN ACT concerning government.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Freedom of Information Act is amended by |
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| changing Section 5 as follows:
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| (5 ILCS 140/5) (from Ch. 116, par. 205)
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| Sec. 5.
As to public records prepared or received after the
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| the effective
date of this Act, each public body shall maintain |
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| and make available for inspection
and copying a reasonably |
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| current list of all types or categories of records
under its |
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| control. The list shall be reasonably detailed in order to aid
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| persons in obtaining access to public records pursuant to this |
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| Act. Each
public body shall furnish upon request a description |
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| of the manner in which
public records stored by means of |
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| electronic data processing may be obtained in a form
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| comprehensible to persons lacking knowledge of computer
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| language or printout format. |
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| (Source: P.A. 83-1013.)
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